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CVE-2001-1555 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (pt_chmod in Solaris 8 does not call fdetach to reset termina)

pt_chmod in Solaris 8 does not call fdetach to reset terminal privileges when users log out of terminals, which allows local users to write to other users' terminals by modifying the ACL of a TTY.

CVE IDCVE-2001-1555
SeverityMEDIUM
CVSS score4.6
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2001-12-31
Last modified2026-04-16
Descriptionpt_chmod in Solaris 8 does not call fdetach to reset terminal privileges when users log out of terminals, which allows local users to write to other users' terminals by modifying the ACL of a TTY.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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